Francisco Pizarro vs Nicolaus Copernicus
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Compare the life timelines of Francisco Pizarro (1478–1541) and Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 63 years, from 1478 to 1541.
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Francisco Pizarro (1478–1541)
- — Born in Trujillo, Castile Verified
- — Sailed to the New World Verified
- — Accompanied Balboa on the expedition that sighted the Pacific Verified
- — Led his first expedition toward Peru Verified
- — Second expedition reached the Inca town of Tumbes Verified
- — Granted the Capitulación de Toledo to conquer Peru Verified
- — Captured the Inca emperor Atahualpa at Cajamarca Verified
- — Entered and occupied Cusco, capital of the Inca Empire Verified
- — Founded the city of Lima Verified
- — Assassinated in Lima Verified
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543)
- — Born in Toruń, Royal Prussia, Kingdom of Poland Verified
- — Enrolled at the University of Kraków Verified
- — Circulated the Commentariolus, an early sketch of his heliocentric theory
- — Published De revolutionibus orbium coelestium Verified
- — Died in Frombork, Poland Verified